Keremian Klein has updated Echo Beach, available as a FREE download with an optional $9.99 in-app purchase that unlocks the Pro features.
What’s new in version 5.1.4::
- iPad & macOS: full export parity with iPhone (pad slices, sequencer MIDI, audio stems, master audio, session)
- iPad: import audio directly from Files or Photos Library, plus Share Sheet support from other apps
- iPad & macOS: “Choose Different Patch” picker when importing session files
- Waveform editor: undo now restores the editor view after deleting a pad
- Unified undo toast for pad delete and patch reset
- macOS: fixed Pad 1 BPM auto-calculation when moving the end marker
- macOS: Edit menu restored and menu-bar crash fix
- Misc stability and polish
- Echo Beach goes Pro: Full AUv3
- New AUv3 Performance Interface
- Adaptive Landscape Layout: A completely redesigned dual-panel interface built specifically for the plugin environment
- Zero-Latencv Parameter Bridging: AUParameters are now fully exposed to you host, allowing for smooth DAW automatior and MIDI mapping of every knob and fader
- Unified Transport: Seamlessly follows the host DAW’s play/stop, BPM, and timeline position.
- Expanded Send Effects Engine
- New Lo-Fi Send: A global character bus featuring bit-crushing, sample-rate reduction, and tape warping modulation for instant vintage texture.
- New Master Sectior
- Master Drive: Analoq-modelled saturation on the master bus with selectable presets drive, tone, and mix controls
- New Compressor: A global dvnamics bus with threshold. release. and mix controls across multiple analog-modelled characters
- Updated Master Limiter: Now editable. Transparent brick wall limiting with adjustable ceiling, threshold, character. ana release. Tame peaks without crushing your mix.
- Improved FX Routing: Send levels are now preciselv calibrated for the new AUv3 architecture.
- Major Stability & Architectural Hardening
- Swift Concurrency Migration: The entire engine has been updated to the latest Swift Concurrency standards, eliminating data races and deadlocks
- Real-Time Safety Audit: Hardened the audio thread for rock-solid performance in high-pressure DAW sessions.
- App Group Persistence: Samples and patches are now shared via a secure App Group container, ensuring your standalone recordings are instantly available in the AUv3 plugin.
- Optimized Memory Management: New background 1/O paths prevent memory spikes during project saves and sample imports.
- Improved Import & Workflow
- Video Import Preview: Extract audio from video files with a new synchronized preview and trim sheet (macOS and iOS).
- Pro-Unlock Svnchronization: Your Pro features now follow you seamlessly between the standalone app and the AUv3 extension.
Sample. Slice. Sequence. Mix with 17 custom-built effects. Per-step automation and groove to bring your ideas to life. Export stems + MIDI to your DAW.
Sample anything. Sequence anything. Ship to any DAW. Echo Beach turns your iPhone into an SP-1200 style sampler with modern workflow. Capture, chop, sequence and export in seconds.
Core features:
- 8-Pad Sampler: Load, trim, loop, and play like classic MPCs
- Smart Slice Detection: Auto-chop or edit transients manually
- Built-In Step Sequencer: Program beats and rhythms instantly
- Groove Engine interpolates between 8 templates from quantized to Dilla-esque swing
- Studio FX: Reverse. EQ. Transient Shaper, 5 Distortion models, Stutter, Tone Filter, Chorus Widener, Delay and Reverb
- Factory Sounds Bank (B): Professional samples included to start immediately
- Voice Note Ready: Record directly or import your sounds
- DAW Export: Send stems, full mix and/or MIDI with full BPM + time-signature metadata
- BPM Auto-Detection – Pad 1 sets the BPM to its adjustable loop length
- Low Latency playback
- MIDI controller support with MIDI Map mode to customize to your controller
- Export the session and share with your bandmates producers collaborators
Workflow:
- Import or record anything: voice notes, vinyl, field recordings
- Tap the waveform or auto-slice to cut up your audic
- Drag and drop slices to any pac
- Sequence your pattern and add FX
- Export stems + MIDI to Ableton/Logic/Pro Tools
Echo Beach breaks this trade-off with intelligent features that work like you think:
- Reversed samples auto-remap to maintain musical timing
- Slices become MIDI notes automatically
- Groove applies musically, not mechanically
- Everything happens in real-time with near-zero latency
Prefect for:
- Beat makers capturing inspiration anvwhere
- Producers sketching before studio sessions
- Musicians capturing song ideas on the go
- Sound designers building sound libraries
- Anyone who thinks, “What if I could sample that?”
Tech Specs:
- Supports WAV. AIFF. MP3. M4A. CAF
- – Export stems, full mix. and MIDI
- – 20-30 ms latency on modern iPhones
- – Fully off-line operation
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